Elie Siegmeister
Composer
1909 – 1991
Who was Elie Siegmeister?
Elie Siegmeister was an American composer, educator and author.
His varied musical output showed his concern with the development of an authentic American musical vocabulary. Jazz, blues and folk melodies and rhythms are frequent themes in his many song cycles, his nine operas, his eight symphonies, and his many choral, chamber, and solo works. His 37 orchestral works have been performed by leading orchestras throughout the world under such conductors as Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Lorin Maazel, and Sergiu Comissiona. He also composed for Hollywood and Broadway.
His Western Suite was premiered by Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra during a broadcast concert on November 25, 1945, in NBC Studio 8-H. Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra later made a stereo recording of the music, which incorporates familiar cowboy tunes. Biographer Mortimer Frank said Toscanini's premiere is a remarkable performance led by a conductor whose roots went not to the Old West but the Parma conservatory.
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- Born
- Jan 15, 1909
Manhattan - Also known as
- Siegmeister, Elie
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University
Music
(1924 - 1927) - Juilliard School
Conductor
(1935 - 1938)
- Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University
- Lived in
- Great Neck
( - 1991/03/10)
- Great Neck
- Died
- Mar 10, 1991
Manhasset
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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